pablo333: I have long held the view that white's best method of tackling the 7... Na6 lines is to play 8 Bg5 - placing a firm clamp on the center. I realize that on g5 white's Queen-Bishop would provide a target for the black king-side pawns (h6, g5 etc); but black's Knight on a6 is too far removed from the king-side to offer a threat to the white king in the event of a black pawn storm (Nf6-h5, f5, f4 etc).

Everett: I'm sure it is not too strong, but I would be tempted to play 15.Bxa6 right away and play to blockade on the light squares on the qside while getting my rooks working on the e-file. Nakamura delays the move and allows black to keep his pawns intact.

Memethecat: For some reason I misread the score at the beginning, so during the last few moves I was expecting some enormous blunder from black. It seemed inconceivable that he could lose, & he didn't.

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